OTC
OTC is the initialism of over-the-counter.
OTC is the initialism of order-to-cash.
OTC is the initialism of off the charts.
OTC is the initialism of Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency.
OTC is the initialism of Officer in tactical command.
OTC is the initialism of one true character.
Meaning of over-the-counter
Adjective
over-the-counter (not comparable)
- Of medicine and other treatments, legal for sale or distribution without the requirement of a prescription.
- over-the-counter drug, over-the-counter medicine
- Synonyms:
- OTC
- Involving direct interaction between two parties without an intermediary, and denoting any market where items such as stocks or currency are bought and sold by direct arrangement between counterparties, or through a private broker, rather than on a public stock exchange or other exchange.
- over-the-counter trade, over-the-counter market
- Synonyms:
- OTC
Meaning of off the charts
Prepositional phrase
- Outside of the normal range of measurement; beyond expectations.
- Advance sales quickly went off the charts.
Questions about OTC
- What is OTC the initialism of?
- OTC is the initialism of over-the-counter.
Words near OTC in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: OTC (page history and authors); over-the-counter (page history and authors); off the charts (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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